5th Period AP Gov't Socratic Seminar Reflection 12/9 by Tori Ammons https://padlet.com/tammons1/5 Comment or question while the Socratic Seminar is happening. Add your name to each post. en-us 2016-12-06 21:29:00 UTC 2026-03-04 20:12:43 UTC hello@padlet.com Alonso matiaalo000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917349 Ready for the seminar :)

]]> 2016-12-09 21:32:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917349 Lack of publicity, a lot of people are ignorant to the variety of political parties. Greighsen https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917555 2016-12-09 21:34:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917555 They've been around so long and change is hard olsongab000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917556 2016-12-09 21:34:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917556 Hunter Kwartin hk5512 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917559 why haven't other party's become more popular over the years???]]> 2016-12-09 21:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917559 i agree with emma schelnat000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917598 2016-12-09 21:35:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917598 Makala duffymak000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917602 I think the Primaries are good for the country because it gives a voice to the voiceless. 


]]> 2016-12-09 21:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917602 I'm ready niand0001 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917604 2016-12-09 21:35:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917604 I think Independents don't have a party because its hard to organize and unite people who have specific views on different issues. niand0001 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917658 2016-12-09 21:35:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917658 Third party war bakermic001 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917674 you see its much like chocolate ice cream vs. Vanilla people are so focused on that but no one asks the question Chocolate ice vs. mint people have become way to familiar with the argue of just the two parties everything else doesn't stand a chance. ]]> 2016-12-09 21:35:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917674 Alonso matiaalo000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917709 I agree with Michael, his idea relates to what the group is talking about, arguing and choosing one party. They probably won't stand a chance.

]]> 2016-12-09 21:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917709 hauglnat000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917895 I agree with Emma in the sense that third parties are often too narrow in their beliefs to get a large enough following  while Democrats and Republicans often tend to stay closer to the middle which gets more people to side with them]]> 2016-12-09 21:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917895 the popularity of the parties depends on the needs of the people at the time. eventually another party will rise in power as our priorities shift mcgatmeg000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917948 2016-12-09 21:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142917948 Change isn't always a good thing schelnat000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918013 2016-12-09 21:38:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918013 The popularity of the party heavily relies on the member that had a significant influence on American History. niand0001 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918017 2016-12-09 21:38:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918017 There needs to be strong leader to start another party and have followers to become as big as the Democrats or Republicans olsongab000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918151 2016-12-09 21:39:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918151 People might not fallow third parties do to a lot of people seeing third parties as extreme compared to republicans and democrats Greighsen https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918170 2016-12-09 21:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918170 nice michael, good point kabelrac000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918223 2016-12-09 21:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918223 You lose votes if you change your stance on a issue for a political party. niand0001 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918402 2016-12-09 21:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918402 Picky people bakermic001 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918405 okay so its like making a Hot Dog, you have your toppings like mustard and ketchup and cheese maybe even beans, if this hot dog is a political party and the toppings are the ideas like pro-life then the leaders of that party throw on that topping so that people will go with it and join them cause they like what is served. ]]> 2016-12-09 21:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918405 their views have to be different from each other to have separate parties in the first place kabelrac000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918484 2016-12-09 21:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918484 hauglnat000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918600 A party is not going to often change its stance on an issue because not only will they be stating that they were wrong about it but they will also lose membership ]]> 2016-12-09 21:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918600 matiaalo000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918676 What would happen if we didn't have Donald Trump as president?
What would happen to the primaries?

]]> 2016-12-09 21:45:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918676 Hunter Kwartin kwarthun000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918744 Primaries-They Allow the country to just voice their main opinion.]]> 2016-12-09 21:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918744 Giving the people a voice definitely makes primaries a good thing olsongab000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918761 2016-12-09 21:46:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918761 The Madisonian model niand0001 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918794 2016-12-09 21:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918794 coxrya001 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918859 I could see people getting very offended if you had to take a test to see if you could vote on our president. When you write it off as "only the intelligent can vote" then people would start arguing that they should be able to vote because they know different things than those that know politics specifically.]]> 2016-12-09 21:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918859 testing to vote Greighsen https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918866 people's morals aren't based on their intelligence, setting intelligence requirements for voting would only shrink the number of voters. ]]> 2016-12-09 21:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142918866 that would make this country even more elitist. not a good thing kabelrac000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919018 2016-12-09 21:49:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919018 taking a test before you vote is a bad idea because even if someone is not in the top %30 doesn't mean they don't have an opinion schelnat000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919021

]]> 2016-12-09 21:49:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919021 NO schelnat000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919126 2016-12-09 21:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919126 if there's already conflict with two parties, there would be that much more with so many interest groups mcgatmeg000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919139 2016-12-09 21:50:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919139 hauglnat000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919140 as long as you're a citizen you should be able to vote]]> 2016-12-09 21:50:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919140 Interest Groups coxrya001 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919141 Interest groups only offer advice for what they are specialized in. So if you have a Pro-Choice interest group advising the president you would only get Pro-Choice legislation passed, and not have the other side represented.]]> 2016-12-09 21:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919141 i had that idea as well but feel it would make politics even more chaotic kabelrac000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919180 2016-12-09 21:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919180 i feel like it would turn into a war of interest groups Everyone countering everything bakermic001 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919208 2016-12-09 21:51:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919208 You don't have to identify with one party. You can identify with Democratic values and Republican values olsongab000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919222 2016-12-09 21:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919222 matiaalo000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919227 Political parties and interests groups share the same goal of changing what the government does. Why would they wanna change them? I feel like it's going to change nothing and be the same.

]]> 2016-12-09 21:51:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919227 hauglnat000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919253 interest groups are intended to influence government to pass legislation not control it like political parties]]> 2016-12-09 21:51:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919253 olsongab000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919297 Interest groups are only super knowledgeable in one topic, so a President can't run a country only knowing a lot about one topic.]]> 2016-12-09 21:52:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919297 olsongab000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919667 Having one person run the country can't always be a good idea. Having three people that are knowledgeable in different subjects sounds much smarter]]> 2016-12-09 21:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919667 Greighsen https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919940 idk if we can look at the president as a policy maker, he's more of a catalyst used by others to get their ]]> 2016-12-09 21:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919940 bakermic001 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919941 2016-12-09 21:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919941 Having three people in charge would also mean a big change and we have had one person in charge for centuries and it works so don't change what has worked schelnat000 https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919948 2016-12-09 21:58:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tammons1/5/wish/142919948